The NICE clinical guideline on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) covers the full range of care that should be available from the NHS to adults with COPD. They include how the diagnosis should be made and the treatments that should be offered at different times.
Responsibility for undertaking a review of this guidance at the designated review date has passed to the National Clinical Guidelines Centre for Acute and Chronic Conditions (NCGC-ACC) The National Collaborating Centre for Chronic Conditions is no longer active.
The review conducted in March 2008 has concluded that this guideline warrants a partial update. For more information view Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (update).